Julian R. Geiger was the Chief Executive Officer of Aeropostale.

Career

Geiger received his BA in History from Columbia College and his MBA from

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and is one ...

. From 1975 to 1993, Geiger held a wide range of merchandising positions at R.H. Macy & Co. including President of Merchandising for Macy's East. He then served as President of the Eagle Eye Kids wholesale and retail divisions of Asian American Partners from 1993 to 1996. In 1996, he joined

Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (originally Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American conglomerate holding company. Upon its establishment, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito ...

as President and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Specialty Stores, a division of the company. Geiger then served as CEO of Aeropostale from 1996 to 2010. He has been Chairman of the Board at Aeropostale, Inc. since August 1998 He then served as President and CEO of Crumbs Bake Shops from November 2011 through December 2013 leading them into bankruptcy. In August 2014, Geiger rejoined Aeropostale as CEO, succeeding Thomas P. Johnson. Geiger announced his retirement from his position as CEO of Aeropostale in November 2016, but continues to serve on the company's board of directors.

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